i just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
If you poke a bear for long enough, eventually it will bite!
The society has been arrogantly poking at Russia for many, many years.....(including by insinuation during those appalling videos during the 2016 conventions.)
The Russian Bear has bitten back...
april 19, 2017 to all bodies of elders and ministerial servants re: kingdom ministry school for the 2018 service year.
Once again, we hear of these things quicker via this forum, than through the "correct" channels!
now that she has announced that she is 20 weeks pregnant and not married, what is her status in the cult?
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Oh steve2, you really aced that one....
could be of interest to any australian 'budding historians', or propagandists .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcaajtu0488.
Good old Bill Hosking......
so at last nights ministry school we had 2...yes that's right two that had parts and gave them with beards.. i found it interesting.
i thought the consensus was that you couldn't have any extra privileges if you wore one.. maybe the school is different?.
anyway, anybody else seen this in the u.s.?.
Paul did a great presentation re history of beards and the Society:
well, that would be an airer.
it's all in how we hear the spoken word.
when a little boy, one fellow thought "world peace" was "whirled peas.
Love this thread!
It reminds me of the "intellectual" brother who often spoke of "religion going down in one foul-swoop" (fell swoop)
before my mother's death, it would have impacted me.
now , i wouldn't care..
As for the OP, I don't care anymore.
In fact we don't abide by nor respect the rules, arrangements or terms of the society, so how they determine our "standing" is irrelevant.
before my mother's death, it would have impacted me.
now , i wouldn't care..
Well said Toesup! Well said indeed!
so at last nights ministry school we had 2...yes that's right two that had parts and gave them with beards.. i found it interesting.
i thought the consensus was that you couldn't have any extra privileges if you wore one.. maybe the school is different?.
anyway, anybody else seen this in the u.s.?.
"ministry school"?
I thought it was now called something else?
as we know, witnesses teach that adam and eve were perfect and then committed the first act of sin and rebellion.. they in turn were cursed,and we all declined as their offspring.
humans supposedly lived shorter and shorter lives, and became more imperfect and sinful.. the further away in time humans go then, they should be getting worse.
so why is it then that as a society, humans have actually improved in so many ways?.
WELL SAID Smiddy!
Well said sir!
